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Updated: May 26, 2025
He wouldn't even risk bein' honest. Well, Sure Thing watches perceedin's with a good deal of interest, an' he sees Mike disappear 'round a bend of them rapids, his arms an' legs wavin' somewhat wild. "Then Sure Thing goes up to Lem, an' he sez, 'Lem, have you got a braided linen rope in the outfit? "'Sure, says Lem. 'Why? "'It's my turn next, an' I wish you'd use it on me, says Sure Thing.
"I've often said I could marry any one half a mile erway if they would only talk as loud as I kin. I've got the good book right hyah in my pocket, suh. My ol' woman is comin'. She'll be hyah in a minute fer to witness the perceedin's." Mrs. Nuckles made her appearance on the river bank in a short time. Then the minister shouted: "We'll begin by readin' the nineteenth chapter of Matthew."
"It's up to yuh mugs to see that nobody gets offishus an' interrupts thu perceedin's!" had been his instructions; nevertheless they irresistibly gravitated toward the door of the private room, where they stood with thumbs hooked in their belts in suggestive proximity to the butts of their peacemakers.
But Lor', I says, 'Charlie, if they wants it they gets it. This ain't no habeas carpis, give-the-man-a-chance case. It's the Hadmir'lty. And not a man tried for piracy this thirty year. See what a show it gives them, what bloody Radicle knows or keeres what the perceedin's should be? Who's a-goin' t' make a question out of it? Go away, says I to Charlie. And that's it straight."
"Beggin' ev'rybody's pardon," interposed a deserter from the army, "but these here perceedin's is irreg'lar. 'Tain't the square thing to take evidence till the pris'ner's in court." Boston Ben immediately detailed a special officer to summon Old Scrabblegrab, declared a recess of five minutes, and invited the boys to drink with him.
For in the strong arms of the law sat, bolt-upright, Elnathan Daniel Kittredge, his yellow head actively turning about, his face decorated with a grin, and on most congenial terms with the sheriff. "They're lawin' 'bout'n him in thar " the sheriff jerked his thumb toward the door. "Habeas corpus perceedin's. Dun no ez I ever see a friskier leetle cuss.
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